Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Killyleagh
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Killyleagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It was named for the village of Killyleagh.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Killyleagh was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Bernard Magennis	Tool O'Neile
1692	Sir Patrick Dun	James Sloane
1695	Hans Hamilton	James Sloane
1703	Hans Stevenson	John Haltridge
1713	James Stevenson
1715	Robert Ross
1725	Robert Ross	James Stevenson
1727	James Stevenson
1739	Alexander Hamilton
1761	Bernard Ward ^{[note 1]}	John Congreve
1761	John Blackwood	John Congreve
1768	Viscount Ikerrin	Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt ^{[note 2]}
1769	Viscount Ikerrin	Arthur Johnston
1774	Hon. Pierce Butler	Arthur Johnston
1776	Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt	Robert Blackwood
1788	Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt	James Stevenson Blackwood ^{[note 3]}
1790	Hon. Robert Ward
1798	Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt
1799	Hans Blackwood
1800	Daniel Mussenden
1801	Disenfranchised

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950—) South Down (1885–1922, 1950—) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)
Current	Lagan Valley (1983—) Newry & Armagh (1983—) Strangford (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)
Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

One or more seats taken	Down
No seats taken	(none)

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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